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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1915
Page
6
Waterloo merchants plan Dollar Day next Thursday with the big silver dollar theme. Stores will open with secrecy, promising bargains to draw shoppers from distant areas. Advertisements will reveal details Monday evening as plans are finalized.
New York Nov 5 Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis, pastor of Plymouth Church Brooklyn, will learn officials report that 200 church members have donated 5000 to finance his legal contest with Frank L Ferguson former Plymouth board president and attorney for the pastor. The money was collected at a church meeting last night as Hillis pursues a court inquiry into Ferguson’s handling of affairs under power of attorney.
Advert announces Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a blood cleanser that cleanses impurities to remove pimples, blackheads, boils, and liver spots. Claims skin improves within days with repeated use and urges readers to buy at druggists for 50 cents, with a free trial coupon.
In local notices, Rev. R A Broyles headlines Ye Brother mission at 7 40 this evening while a string of travelers and engagements unfold. Chester F Beall and Harriet H Salisbury gain a marriage license in Vinson, and Miss May Carson visits Sioux City Spirit Lake and Minnesota. Local residents relocate, visit kin, and a gospel team gathers at Mount Hope M B church.
The Commercial club plans a comprehensive Waterloo industrial survey within the next 30 days. Secretary Gnas Van Vleck prepared a detailed questionnaire to be sent to all factories and robbery houses, seeking data on employment, wages, housing, hours, union status, labor issues, traveling salesmen, and locally manufactured versus nonmanufactured articles.
The Tama County grand jury adjourned after noon, returning eighteen indictments. Notable cases include bootlegging charges against Chelsea residents Charles Blazek Amos Musel Fred Musel and others from Tama. Stewart pled guilty, receiving fifteen days after ninety days served awaiting the grand jury. Other defendants faced jail break and theft charges.
In San Francisco, California, November, Louis Bundy and Earl Loomis were executed in tandem. Bundy had killed a messenger in Los Angeles to obtain money for a gift. Loomis had murdered a Sacramento woman during an attempted robbery of her candy shop. Loomis greeted the crowd with a grin and declined comfort. Bundy spoke, expressing remorse and desire for a chance to show his potential.
Fifty members of a charity minstrel group will appear at the Waterloo theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday nights. A street parade starts at 12:30 Tuesday, with the Cedar Falls band and orchestra donating services. Proceeds go to the Elks charity fund as reserved seat sales begin Saturday at 10.
Des Moines druggists fined $200 each for selling soft drinks with a small percentage of alcohol paid the costs after fines were suspended by Governor Clarke. The anti saloon league’s attorney collected a $25 fee in each case.
The state department sent protests to Britain over threats to confiscate or seize shipments of American packinghouse goods on the Norwegian-American steamer Krigfamiliafjord sailing Nov 6 from New York to Christiania. American counsel said British actions forced loading limits for Chicago products bound to residents in Sweden via Christiania unless Norway was named as the final destination. The department regards British interference as unwarranted and seeks resolution.
Boone reports a total fire loss of 1943.84 after January's city-wide review. Only 1943.84 remains from all fires outside the German Lutheran church, with 3500 attributed to church damage, achieved by one fire team across seven square miles.
Fort Dodge’s Lincoln school will abandon its third floor in a swift move by the school board. The decision aims to dodge responsibility for housing 128 children on a non fireproof, frame crick structure with a single stair to safety.
Berlin reports ridicule of Herbert Asquith speech in the House of Commons. The Overseas News Agency says the British premier’s address was a string of glittering generalities and deflections. The piece mocks his claims of Allied progress and questions the English navy’s supposed superiority.
About seventy five Brethren church members attended an evangelistic meeting led by Rev. Deaechler at the Waterloo Brethren church on Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs G W Redford left for a month in California, accompanied to Marshalltown by Lena and Baillhull. Brethren Ladies held a social and devotional meeting at the church Wednesday. Mrs Wm P B Thompson hosted Baptist ladies Thursday. Brethren C E society held a Halloween social Friday with games and a caforia style supper. Albert Wilson of California visits his brother A N Wilson. Lloyd McDowell took possession of the J H Axon meat market Monday. Dan Axon visits Cedar Rapids and Traer for the week.
Winslow reports visiting family and hospital recoveries including Dan Newell and C G A George. Birth announced for J Corwin son on November 2. Mrs Millie Webster of Janesville visits Mrs M Willings with other small town updates. A Baltimore American quip about a symposium concludes.
Congressman Jas Mnon, Republican leader, backed Elihu Root for president despite New York constitution doubts. Mann hinted Sherman as a rival and warned the GOP faces a weak convention. He urged Prosperity before election and argued Roosevelt is ineligible though a capable president.
Ed Glessner and family visited J T Glessner home while Mrs John GI from Waterloo stopped by Frank Neuhalsen’s, and Albert Johnson with Parry Sexor headed home to Mendota. Cummings and family from Waterloo joined Jobs Robertson, Ralph Harbauch wed Lulu Carey of Fredericksburg, Elizabeth Shea visits Eagles Center, Clare Miller and Loretta Chadwick visit Waterloo, farmers begin corn picking.
B A Hire an Illinois Central brakeman injured in a freight caboose derailment near Jesup Wednesday evening remains in critical condition at St Francs hospital. He has multiple leg bones crushed scalp injuries and memory loss raising concern among physicians about his prognosis. The earlier report misnamed Merrill O Rice. the victim should be B A Rice of 325 Independence avenues.
A tractor used by county road workers broke yesterday when engine speed could not be controlled. Parts scattered but none of the four workers near the scene was injured. The tractor suffered heavy damage and requires expert attention.
A fragmented set of OCR snippets mentions May as a potential crown prince of Germany and references several individuals including Bert Robbins and Guy. It notes an accident with broken metal near a grader and an unclear cause. The rest contains jokes and humorous lines about gowns, marriage, and publicity from Detroit and Pittsburgh papers.
Reported sightings show President Witton in New York with Mrs Noravcar Galt and others, dining at the Manhattan club, planning visits with Colowel Howe, and attending a luncheon hosted by Cleveland I Dodge. Notable guests include Woodrow Bones kin, Mira Gordon, Der Cary Grayson, and party leaders amid routine social engagements.
Classified notices include several rental offers for furnished or unfurnished rooms near Independence Avenue and West Side areas. Entries mention two furnished modern rooms, boardinghouse work, and a farmer’s note for a coed car, with several phone contacts for the landlords.
A health warning urges reducing meat intake to ease kidney strain. It promotes Jad Salts as a lime fizz remedy made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, claimed to cleanse sluggish kidneys, ease bladder weakness, and neutralize urinary acidity.
A vintage ad advises mothers to treat constipated children by giving a teaspoon of California Syrup of Figs. It claims the remedy eases feverish, fussy, poorly sleeping kids and cleanses the stomach and bowels without harsh effects. The piece warns against counterfeits and urges asking for the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product.
Notice is hereby given that on November 13, 1916 at 10 a.m. at the Waterloo Courthouse public auction will sell to satisfy a sheriff’s execution The Commercial National Bank of Waterloo Iowa versus J C Payne for Lots 5 6 15 16 in Block 2 Schilliani Fourth Addition West half of Lot 1 Block 10 Schilllambs 3rd subdivision and Lot 7 Block 9 Enterprise Place Waterloo Black Hawk County Iowa. D. B. Henderson Sheriff. Edwards Jongley Ranaier Smith Attorneys.
An old grandmotherly recipe with Sage and Sulphur is revived as Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound. The preparation costs about 50 cents and promises natural darkening, plus benefits for dandruff and itchy scalp. A local druggist attests it darkens hair evenly and discreetly. Apply by dampening a brush and drawing through one strand at a time until desired shade returns.
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